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Catheter placement of a lung artery pressure sensor

CPT 33289the billing code this page is about

A sensor is threaded through a catheter into the pulmonary artery and left in place to send pressure readings for ongoing heart failure monitoring.

Hospitals typically charge $30,381 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,201 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $30,162. Most fall between $12,946 and $53,916 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,201
States
50
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,201 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$6,820$16,704$30,381$46,636$72,206

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($6,820 vs $72,206).

How the prices are spread

$4,350 – $5,992: 45 hospitals$4,350$5,992 – $8,254: 44 hospitals$8,254 – $11,370: 57 hospitals$8,254$11,370 – $15,662: 75 hospitals$15,662 – $21,574: 133 hospitals$15,662$21,574 – $29,718: 175 hospitals$29,718 – $40,937: 253 hospitals$29,718$40,937 – $56,390: 131 hospitals$56,390 – $77,677: 119 hospitals$56,390$77,677 – $107,000: 49 hospitals$77,677median $30,381price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,081 of 1,201 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$4,350$5,99245
$5,992$8,25444
$8,254$11,37057
$11,370$15,66275
$15,662$21,574133
$21,574$29,718175
$29,718$40,937253
$40,937$56,390131
$56,390$77,677119
$77,677$107,00049

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$29,305
Median cash price$30,381
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.04×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $30,381.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $19,196 across 28 hospitalsWA$19,196Idaho: median $18,722 across 11 hospitalsID$18,722Montana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $31,867 across 23 hospitalsMN$31,867Illinois: median $32,324 across 56 hospitalsIL$32,324Wisconsin: median $24,099 across 30 hospitalsWI$24,099Michigan: median $25,807 across 45 hospitalsMI$25,807New York: median $33,641 across 33 hospitalsNY$33,641Massachusetts: median $33,283 across 20 hospitalsMA$33,283Oregon: median $50,896 across 14 hospitalsOR$50,896Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $33,577 across 16 hospitalsIA$33,577Indiana: median $21,620 across 35 hospitalsIN$21,620Ohio: median $22,814 across 73 hospitalsOH$22,814Pennsylvania: median $43,234 across 49 hospitalsPA$43,234New Jersey: median $31,466 across 44 hospitalsNJ$31,466Connecticut: median $18,700 across 14 hospitalsCT$18,700Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $37,856 across 93 hospitalsCA$37,856Utah: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $24,213 across 25 hospitalsCO$24,213Nebraska: median $23,510 across 11 hospitalsNE$23,510Missouri: median $22,651 across 30 hospitalsMO$22,651Kentucky: median $60,136 across 23 hospitalsKY$60,136West Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $36,182 across 38 hospitalsVA$36,182Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $21,960 across 24 hospitalsAZ$21,960New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $61,509 across 12 hospitalsKS$61,509Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $16,704 across 24 hospitalsTN$16,704North Carolina: median $17,868 across 32 hospitalsNC$17,868South Carolina: median $38,965 across 23 hospitalsSC$38,965Oklahoma: median $18,636 across 21 hospitalsOK$18,636Louisiana: median $26,604 across 32 hospitalsLA$26,604Mississippi: median $21,583 across 17 hospitalsMS$21,583Alabama: median $37,665 across 12 hospitalsAL$37,665Georgia: median $30,988 across 50 hospitalsGA$30,988Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $32,065 across 127 hospitalsTX$32,065Florida: median $46,289 across 50 hospitalsFL$46,289
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $30,381. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kansas KS12$61,509+102%$23,478 – $82,304
Kentucky KY23$60,136+98%$23,293 – $65,049
Oregon OR14$50,896+68%$50,896 – $106,103
Florida FL50$46,289+52%$28,536 – $57,534
Pennsylvania PA49$43,234+42%$13,698 – $72,996
South Carolina SC23$38,965+28%$20,995 – $60,561
California CA93$37,856+25%$19,591 – $47,146
Alabama AL12$37,665+24%$15,000 – $66,239
Virginia VA38$36,182+19%$16,704 – $43,420
New York NY33$33,641+11%$11,972 – $35,805
Iowa IA16$33,577+11%$18,960 – $63,254
Massachusetts MA20$33,283+10%$10,253 – $103,572
Illinois IL56$32,324+6%$14,006 – $61,190
Texas TX127$32,065+6%$16,125 – $43,421
Minnesota MN23$31,867+5%$11,335 – $33,986
New Jersey NJ44$31,466+4%$5,419 – $37,934
Georgia GA50$30,988+2%$12,830 – $32,982
Louisiana LA32$26,604−12%$12,250 – $41,718
Michigan MI45$25,807−15%$19,629 – $66,015
Colorado CO25$24,213−20%$18,926 – $42,309
Wisconsin WI30$24,099−21%$1,817 – $57,352
Nebraska NE11$23,510−23%$23,510 – $33,194
Ohio OH73$22,814−25%$15,000 – $34,980
Missouri MO30$22,651−25%$11,930 – $60,449
Arizona AZ24$21,960−28%$15,268 – $112,579
Indiana IN35$21,620−29%$8,824 – $31,820
Mississippi MS17$21,583−29%$3,920 – $25,694
Washington WA28$19,196−37%$10,775 – $39,098
Idaho ID11$18,722−38%$18,722 – $32,000
Connecticut CT14$18,700−38%$16,003 – $66,165
Oklahoma OK21$18,636−39%$4,485 – $31,590
North Carolina NC32$17,868−41%$2,777 – $18,479
Tennessee TN24$16,704−45%$13,702 – $23,500
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $30,381.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,112$30,674$14,207 – $53,916
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access65$25,807$4,016 – $61,509
Ownership
For-profit146$33,248$20,328 – $78,959
Government129$27,412$10,013 – $39,098
Non-profit919$30,294$12,830 – $53,916
System affiliation
Part of a system1,088$30,012$12,946 – $53,916
Independent113$32,000$15,757 – $60,431

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$51,166
Median cash price$30,381
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

921 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $28,171 and the average of the middle 60% is $29,386; most fall between $12,830 and $51,436.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 921 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$6,682$16,704$28,171$45,290$69,549

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($6,682 vs $69,549).

Of the 1,044 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 921 gave a usable cash price; 92 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 31 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,201 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (30%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,376 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,201
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here136
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded37
Hospitals that filed this code1,376

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic cardiovascular procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tcat Impl Wrls P-Art Prs Snr L-T Hemodyn Mntr.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Catheter placement of a lung artery pressure sensor (CPT 33289) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33289-catheter-placement-of-a-lung-artery-pressure-sensor